Paper or cardboard box.



No. 877,757. PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908. W. R. COMINGS.

PAPER OR CARDBOARD BOX.

T 1 ,1 05. APPLIOA ION FILED NOV 3 9 r 2 SHEBTS SHEET 1.

IIVVEA/ ran, 4% B No. 877,757. PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908. w. R. commas. PAPER 0R CARDBOARD BOX.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 13.1905.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

INVENTOR.

WITNESSES.

WILLIAM RIGHTER COMINGS, OF WIMBLEDON, ENGLAND.

PAPER 03 CARDBOARD BOX.

adapted to enter slots in the then si es orends. Such construction is open to objection bothfrom the possibility of the tongues being unintentionally disengaged and from the breakin of the level or the face of the box due to t e exposed cut edges and open oints.

According to this invention it is proposed to so cut and score the blank that it may be folded up to form the box or box and lid body from an unbroken sheet without any exposed cut edges; projecting ears or tabs of the material being then folded from the exterior to the interior where they may be held without gluing by the simple insertion of a locking piece or frame, or they may be 'lued to the interior of the box when so turne in. Where desired two or more layers of different material may be thus cut and folded together in which case they will mutuall support each other. Thus a common st' material may be externally and internallycovered with a thin material of a higher class and. a completed box or box and lid be produced, and thus the invention is not only ada ted for the manufacture of cdllapsible boxes utalso for u I C coveringrigid boxes;

To more clearly define the nature of the invention reference is made to the accompanying drawings which illustrate a few of the numerous forms of covering a rigid box body with a bottom-or of a colla sible or rigid box frame or of forming such ox from two or more layers of different material previousl cut and scored so as to be capable of fol ing together and mutually supporting each other.

Where reference'ismade in this specification to the scoring of the blank it is intended to signify that such blank must be so out, creased or efficientl marked with lines as to cause it to naturall mined places, andwhere in'the specification Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 13.1905. Serial No. 287.136.

y bend at the predeter-'- Patented Jan. 28, 190s.

the Word box is employed it is intended to cover any form of box or box lids of similar construction, and also where a reference is made to a box body it is intended to apply to a box frame or rough box intended to be coilrereclll. dr F n t e accompanying awings igure 1 represents a box body of the usual kind, Fig. 2 a reviously cut and scored and partially to ded in covering blank for same, Fig. 3 a locking piece adapted to hold the covering blank to the box body, Fig. 4 the box body and covering blank when locked by the locking piece, Fig. 5 a covering blank with looking piece attached and an inner scored blank adapted to fold in unison therewith, Fig. 6 a completed box formed with the inner out and scored blank and covering blank illustrated in Fig. 5, and Fig. 7 a box frame Without a bottom after being covered. Several of the figures are partly in section so as to more-clearly show the position of the parts.

In said drawings the rigid box body (Fig. 1) is shown as having the four usual sides 1 and bottom 2, but the invention is not limited to the construction of rectangular boxes as it is evident that by to erly cut- ,ting and scoring the covering b an boxes of hexagon or other shalpe may be e ually well folded or covered. he covering lank 3 is cut and scored so that it will neatly embrace therigid box body 1 and 2 and is provided with tabs'or ears 4 which may be on two or more sides adapted to be folded into the box body, the outer ends 5 of such tabs when so folded in being adapted to rest on the bottom 2 in which position they are held by locking piece 6 as most clearly seen in Fig. 4.

If only two tabs or ears 4 with outer ends 5 are em loyed then the outer ends 9 of blank 3 may e turned in and pasted in the usuai .way.

If it be desired to attach locking piece 6 to the ends 5 of the tabs so as to prevent loss then additional scoring lines 7 and 8 are desirable so that the locking piece may lie flat and such scores are shown m Fig. 5. In Fig. 6 the completed box is shown as being composed of an inner cut and scored blank ada tedto fit within the covering blank 3;.

wit which it corresponds except that it carries no tabs 4. In 7 the box bod consists of a frame 1 without a bottom sue frame being slightly cut away 'at the bottom and the lockingpiece 6 is made slightly larger than the inside of the box so thatit may be sprung into its looking position when it will exert a stretching eflect on the covering blank. y

t will be evident that the coveringblanks must be cut and scored so as to neatly fit the articular form of rigid box body the box lrame or the previously cut and scored inner blank to which they are to be applied,

"and that covering blanks such as illustrated i be substituted for card-board, and yet come i covering blank a within the scope of the claims, the idea being .thatthe covering of aper or thin flexible materialshall be applled to a skeleton of more rigid but still flexible material.

What is claimed is: I I I 1. A box com risin a box body and a covering blank a a te to fold over and envelop the box bo y, with a locking iece adapted to fit snugly in the bottom the box body and lock the parts together, substantially as described.

'2. A box comprisingfa box bodyand a covering blank creased along its folding edges and adapted to fold over and envelop the box body, with a locking piece adapted to fit snugly in the bottom of the box body and lock the parts together, substantially as described.

3. A box com rising a box-body, and a apted to fold over and envelop the box body and a locking piece attached to the covering blank adapted to fit snugly in the bottom of the box body and.

lock the parts together, substantially as described.

\ for facilitating) 4. A box comprising a box body and a covering blank adapted to fold over and envelop t e box body and 'a locking piece'att'ached to the coverin blank by a double fold the tting of such locking piece into the ottom of the box body where it will lock the parts together, substantially as described.

5. A box comprising a box body and a covering blank creased along its folding edges and adapted to fold over and envelop the box body" and a locking iece attached to the covering blank adapte to fit snu ly in the bottom of the box body and 100% the parts together, substantially as described.

6. In a box, and in combination, a polyg onal box body, a groove along its bottom,

a cover folded over and inclosing said box body, and a locking piece adapted to be sprung into said groove and to hold the box body and cover together, substantially as described.

7.' In a box, and in combination, a polygonal box body, a groove along its bottom, a previously creased covering blank folded over and inclosing said box body and a looking piece adapted to spring into said groove and hold the box body and covering blank together, substantially as described.

8. A box comprising a box body, a covering blank adapted to fold over and envelo the box body, and a locking piece ma e slightly larger than the interior of the box body and adapted to be s rung into the bot, tom of the box body an lock the parts together, substantially as described.

9. A box comprising a box body and a covering blank creased along its folding edges and adapted to fold over and envelop the box body, with a locking piece made slightly larger than the interior of the box body and adapted to be sprung into the bottom of the box body and lock the parts together, substantially as described.

10. In a box, and in combination, a box body, a cover folded over and engaging said box body, and a locking piece adapted to be sprung into said box body and to both secure t 1e parts rigidly together and to stretch said parts, substantially as described.

11. In a box, and in combination with a box body, a previously creased covering blank .folded over and engaging said box body, and a lockin piece ada ted to be :Erung into said box body and to oth secure e parts rigidly together and to stretch said parts, substantially as described.

12. In a box, and in combination, a rectangular box body, a groove along its bottom, a cover folded over and inclosing said box body, and a locking piece ada ted to be sprung into said groove and to ho d the box body and cover together and to stretch the same, substantially as described.

13. In a box and in combination with a rectangular box body, a groove along its bottom, a previously creased covering blank inclosing said box body and a locking piece adapted to be sprung into said groove and to hol the box body and cover together and to stretch same, substantially as described.

- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM RIGH'IER commas.

Witnesses AnDIsoN A. RIGHTER,

STANLEY P. WILLIAMS. 

